West Plains, MO jobs, layoffs and employers
West Plains layoffs
No WARN layoff notices naming West Plains in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving West Plains. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.
- South Central Workforce Investment Board
Butler, Carter, Douglas, Howell, Iron, Oregon, Ozark, Ripley, Shannon, Texas, Wayne, Wright
Missouri Job Center - West Plains
West Plains · Comprehensive · 417-256-3158
8:00am-5:00pm Mon-Thurs, Friday 9:00am-4:00pm
Howell County economy
4.5%
unemployment, Aug 2026
5.0% the month before
16,466
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
40,168
people in Howell County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$49,814
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
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See your options after a layoffSources: WARN notices from Missouri’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures.